Evaluators, Policymakers and the Legislative Decision-Making Process

In a recent AEA blog, consultant Calista Smith provides advice to evaluators working with policy makers and the legislative decision-making process. Mapping stakeholder power relations, aligning with legislative timelines, recognizing that legislators receive direct information on program effectiveness (especially from critics), and producing various types (and lengths) of reports for different purposes and audiences are among the issues she discusses in this short piece, which can be accessed here